Stephen Bosch
2006-Jul-25 08:23 UTC
[asterisk-users] Recommend hard phone which supports IAX2?
Hi: I'm setting up a branch office, but I don't want to trunk from the main office because I don't want to introduce any more latency. Also, the office will have only a single extension, so I can't justify the expense of a second Asterisk server for it. SIP is a pain when going through firewalls, and I'm worried about the latency that would come with using an IPsec tunnel between the two sites, so I'm looking for an IAX2 supporting hard phone, and want to hear recommendations from people who have had direct experience with such. What are the best IAX2 hard phones? Thanks, -Stephen-
Tim Panton
2006-Jul-25 11:43 UTC
[asterisk-users] Recommend hard phone which supports IAX2?
On 25 Jul 2006, at 16:23, Stephen Bosch wrote:> Hi: > > I'm setting up a branch office, but I don't want to trunk from the > main > office because I don't want to introduce any more latency. Also, the > office will have only a single extension, so I can't justify the > expense > of a second Asterisk server for it. > > SIP is a pain when going through firewalls, and I'm worried about the > latency that would come with using an IPsec tunnel between the two > sites, so I'm looking for an IAX2 supporting hard phone, and want to > hear recommendations from people who have had direct experience > with such. > > What are the best IAX2 hard phones?I've got a couple of IAX hardphones, with PA168, they are useable, but only just. They are hard to hang up (which is a design problem) and a pain to get transfer working (which is a software problem). Much as I love IAX, I advise you to buy a decent SIP phone (SNOM?). At home I have a SIP phone and an nslu2 running asterisk, just to act as a protocol converter, but any old 486 or PII will do the trick. Tim. Tim Panton www.mexuar.com
Gonzalo Servat
2006-Jul-25 11:49 UTC
[asterisk-users] Recommend hard phone which supports IAX2?
On 7/25/06, Stephen Bosch <posting@vodacomm.ca> wrote:> Hi: > > I'm setting up a branch office, but I don't want to trunk from the main > office because I don't want to introduce any more latency. Also, the > office will have only a single extension, so I can't justify the expense > of a second Asterisk server for it. > > SIP is a pain when going through firewalls, and I'm worried about the > latency that would come with using an IPsec tunnel between the two > sites, so I'm looking for an IAX2 supporting hard phone, and want to > hear recommendations from people who have had direct experience with such. > > What are the best IAX2 hard phones?Hi, You could just get an IAXy and connect an analog phone onto it? Regards, Gonzalo.